In Lee County, home businesses run through city zoning. Auburn and Opelika each issue a home occupation certificate plus a business license. Unincorporated county land carries limited zoning, but a business license still applies.
Auburn regulates home-based work under Zoning Ordinance Section 507.04, which requires a home occupation zoning certificate from the Planning Department and a business license from Finance. The occupation must stay secondary to the residence, use no more than 25 percent of floor area or 500 square feet, employ at most one non-resident, and leave the home looking residential. Opelika applies parallel home occupation standards. Alabama's zoning enabling statute, Ala. Code Section 11-52-1, authorizes both cities. Unincorporated Lee County has limited zoning, but a county business license and any state license your trade requires still apply.
Operating a home occupation in Auburn without the zoning certificate and business license is a code violation; enforcement can order the activity to stop and impose penalties until the property complies.
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